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Find the middle of the Ankle line, both Front and Back. Square a line up to the top of the pant. This is the crease line.

How Pants Work
Pages: 1 2 3 4
What's in the box? Line drawings and abridged instructions that look a lot like this.

Printer Friendly Version of the Mathless Draft

Musings on Haute Couture
Extend the back skirt by the sam amount as the front skirt.

Mathless Draft to Skirt Block
I finally finished Ye Olde Denim tutu and bodice. It's in a display of faculty work at the college (upstairs in the library).

And Then I Made It Weird….
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Mathless Draft to 1 Dart Bodice Block
She's not as heavy as you'd expect, and she is pretty solid on the head. I'm not saying you should bend over and pick up a penny in one of these, but I feel like walking is an option.

That Amidala Headdress
The target fabric, on the left. My two best attempts on the right - the top is the tedious handworked method, and the bottom is a much faster dirty cheat.

Making Amidala Fabric
I absolutely can't pick just one picture for this post. Seriously.

Ami-done-a
Queen Amidala's pre-senate grey cocoon-kimono costume. Star Wars. yo!

Project Amidala

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